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ted in school
ted in school
To get there:
To get there:
Follow Fairfield St. until it dead ends in Garfield St. and turn right.
Turn right again on Forest Park Ave. then right on Forest St.
When it ends into Belmont Ave., turn right and follow Belmont to Oakland St.
Take a right on Oakland St. & the school will be on your right.
Park along the right side of the street.
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The Story of Ted's School Days:
The Story of Ted's School Days:
Ted's poem from the Central High School Recorder, Volume 2 No. 12.
February 7, 1919
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BELOW: Ted's cartoon in the Central High School Recorder, Volume 3 No. 14.
January 21, 1920
This is possibly depicting a classmate not graduating for 43 more years... likely an inside joke we will never know!
Slide through some of Ted's high school yearbook!
Ted's first published drawing of 2 American tourists on a camel appeared in the
Ted's first published drawing of 2 American tourists on a camel appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post, July 1927.
Saturday Evening Post, July 1927.
IMAGES (in order of appearance)
Forest Park School Postcard, "Springfield Pictures" Collection, Series 06. "Schools, 'D-F.'" Folders 39-50, Box 04. Wood Museum of Springfield History Local Archives.
The Central Recorder, Vol. 2 No. 12. Feb. 7, 1919. Wood Museum of Springfield History, “Geisel, Theodor S. (Dr. Seuss)” Collection. Vertical File Box 14, “Gardner E.C. Thru Gray, Stephen P.”
The Central Recorder, Vol. 3 No. 14. Jan. 21, 1920. Wood Museum of Springfield History, “Geisel, Theodor S. (Dr. Seuss)” Collection. Vertical File Box 14, “Gardner E.C. Thru Gray, Stephen P.”
“The Pnalka, Central High School Yearbook,” Vol. 14. 1920 ½. Wood Museum of Springfield History Local Archives.
The Saturday Evening Post. July 16, 1927.
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